Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Dealership opens new location
New Toyotas sit on the lot of Street Toyota and Scion at Southwest 45th Avenue and Soncy Road on Monday. Sales associate Orlando Rodriquez said the dealership sold its first vehicle right after opening the doors at its new location Monday, and a total of three had been sold by lunch time.

Business Briefs
Bell Helicopter has been awarded a $162.2 million contract modification to a previous contract to procure nine UH-1Y aircraft and two AH-1Z aircraft.

Got organic?
A Colorado dairy company is bringing an organic flavor to the Texas Panhandle.

News Corp. may balk at low Bancroft vote
NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media conglomerate is "highly unlikely" to proceed with its offer to buy Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. if support for the deal remains at its currently reported levels, a News Corp. spokesman said Monday.

Dear Abby: Mom struggles to explain absent father
Dear Abby: My little girl, "Angela," is 3 and has never seen her father. We were engaged to be married, but he left me three weeks before I had her. She is now asking lots of questions about who he is and where he is.

Tricks and treats for your canine buddy
Canine campers at All About Dogs in Woodbridge, Va., learn lots of tricks. Here's how to teach your dog to roll over. But remember: Never force your pet to do anything, and always give him plenty of love when he does a trick successfully.

Do you YouTube?
Are you a YouTube junkie? Perhaps you or someone you know is a budding filmmaker who likes to post videos on the Internet.

Meet the real American Idols
Want to know who the real American idols are? Just visit the homes of a few folks here in Amarillo and you'll see that young, talented singers can't hold their own against the classic legends.

Kirton to coach girls' cross country
Wes Kirton, who has guided the Canyon boys' cross country teams to three-straight bronze medals in the Class 3A state meet, also will coach the girls' team this season.

Floydada's Williams wins 3-point contest
FORT WORTH - Floydada's Douglas Williams scored six points and his North squad came up short in the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star basketball game Monday night. But he still came away with some meaningful hardware.

Whirlwinds' Williams on all-star team
Floydada's Douglas Williams will be the lone Amarillo-area representative at the Texas High School Coaches Association all-star basketball game at 7:30 tonight in Fort Worth's Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

Pampa's Jones finishes second in pole bending
Pampa's Kalynn Jones led the way for Texas Panhandle competitors in the National High School Finals Rodeo, placing second in pole bending with a 60.713 on Saturday night in Springfield, Ill.

Padres slam Astros with 11 runs in first
HOUSTON - The San Diego Padres had an offensive outburst that would've made Tony Gwynn smile on the day their all-time hits leader was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Water, sewer work steady
Working with infrastructure that is, in some places, more than 90 years old can have its drawbacks. The city of Canyon is constantly on the lookout for failing sections of water and sewer line.

Texas has 13 officer deaths
Is it because of more traffic on the roads, or, is it due to high-speed chases and high-tech gadgets? A newly released study shows the number of law-enforcement officers killed in the U.S. rose 44 percent in the first six months of 2007.

Property values certified
Bushland Independent School District, accustomed to large gains in the total taxable value of property in its bounds since 2004, posted just a slim 1.63 percent increase this year.

Five Questions: Helping out at Tyson
Ken Haney ministers to people outside the walls of a house of worship but inside Amarillo's largest private employer - Tyson Fresh Meats. He has worked as Tyson's chaplain for 2½ years.

Letters: Paycheck being stretched to the breaking point
Milk is nearing $4 per gallon. Bread is $2 per loaf. I recently took my family on a two-day "vacation" to Santa Fe. Gas in Santa Fe, out of the way and off the beaten path, was 25 cents cheaper per gallon than Amarillo.